Visit #1 ·
★★★★★First visit to the Woodland Hills location, which I'd been putting off for a while since I usually hit the Melrose spot when I'm on that side of town. Finally made it out to Mulholland on a Sunday, which — lesson learned — means you're competing with every person in the Valley who just finished a hike.
Wait was real. Not unbearable, but real. They handed us menus outside which I appreciated, gave us something to do while we stood there.
I can't tell you the exact total because I don't have the receipt in front of me, but we ordered a spread — hit a few of the egg dishes, something from the sweet side, coffee. The French toast situation here is always worth paying attention to because it's where a lot of brunch spots expose themselves. Blu Jam's version holds up. The custard soak is generous without making it fall apart, which tells me someone back there actually times it instead of just eyeballing.
The eggs were fine. Cooked correctly, nothing that made me write anything down.
Service was friendly but stretched thin — classic high-volume Sunday staff. Nobody dropped the ball, they were just moving fast and you could feel it.
What I actually want to know is whether this location runs as consistently as Melrose does on a random Tuesday. One Sunday visit doesn't tell me that. The menu is the same, the food reads about the same quality, but I've seen locations of the same restaurant drift apart over time in ways that only show up on your third or fourth trip.
I'll be back. Have to be — that's the whole point. Ask me again after visit three.